9 facts about Teddy Roosevelt

By Kyrie O'Connor

on October 26, 2016 7:40 AM

Early years

Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly child plagued by asthma who decided to adopt the "strenous life" to combat his ailments.He married Alice Hathaway Lee on his 22nd birthday. But when she died two days after giving birth to their daughter, Alice, and 11 hours after his mother's death, TR headed West to the Dakotas for several years.

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Second marriage

In 1886 he married Edith Kermit Carow, with whom he had five children. In 1894, he became New York police commissioner and, later, assistant secretary of the Navy.

Second marriage

In 1886 he married Edith Kermit Carow, with whom he had five children. In 1894, he became New York police commissioner and, later, assistant secretary of the Navy.

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Rough Riders

In 1898, he helped raise volunteer cavalry for the Spanish-American War. He recruited many of them at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. Legends of his role at San Juan Hill in Cuba burnished his reputation.

As president, he was known as a trust buster, regulating coal, oil and railroads and sigining legislation for pure food and drugs. He is also known as a conservationist and created five national parks.

Work

As president, he was known as a trust buster, regulating coal, oil and railroads and sigining legislation for pure food and drugs. He is also known as a conservationist and created five national parks.

Photo: Tom Stromme, Associated Press

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Prize

TR received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5.

Prize

TR received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5.

After his presidency, in 1909-10, he went on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African expedition to Africa, where the group bagged 11,400 specimens. It was a different time.

Explorer

After his presidency, in 1909-10, he went on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African expedition to Africa, where the group bagged 11,400 specimens. It was a different time.

Photo: Anonymous, HOEP

Explorer After his presidency, in 1909-10, he went on the...photo-4129925.136720 - |ucfirst

Bull Moose

In 1912, he made another bid for the presidency as the candidate of the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party. On October 14, he was shot in the chest by a saloonkeeper. The bullet passed through his 50-page speech and lodged in his chest. H ecompleted his speech, and the bullet stayed in his body for the rest of his life.

Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly child plagued by asthma who decided to adopt the "strenous life" to combat his ailments.He married Alice Hathaway Lee on his 22nd birthday. But when she died two days after giving birth to their daughter, Alice, and 11 hours after his mother's death, TR headed West to the Dakotas for several years.